New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez
New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez has been found guilty on 16 counts tied to a scheme where he accepted bribes, including gold bars and a Mercedes-Benz, in exchange for helping foreign governments.
A jury convicted Menendez of all charges after more than 12 hours of deliberation over three days. The trial lasted nine weeks.
Menendez - formerly the head of the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee - now faces the prospect of decades in prison.
Democratic lawmakers have called on him to step down from Congress in light of his conviction.
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